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- Guide to Cape Town, South Africa April 3, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Hermanus to Cape Town March 28, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Mossel Bay to Cape Agulhas March 27, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Knysna to Wilderness March 26, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Nature’s Valley to Plettenberg Bay March 25, 2020
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- Guide to Addo Elephant National Park Safari, South Africa March 19, 2020
- Guide to the Panorama Route, South Africa December 3, 2019
- Guide to Safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa November 20, 2019
- 4 Places to Play Pinball in San Diego July 25, 2019
- 6 Incredible Mountain Hikes Under 1 Hour From San Diego July 21, 2019
- Guide to Cabrillo National Monument, San Deigo July 17, 2019
- Find Four Pedestrian Bridges Hidden In San Diego June 30, 2019
- Barrio Logan, San Diego: Chicano Park & Las Cuatro Milpas June 26, 2019
- Binge on the Best Burritos in San Diego June 24, 2019
- Take a Taco Tour in San Diego June 19, 2019
- Tour the Kombucha Breweries of San Diego June 16, 2019
- Tour the San Diego Farmers Markets June 12, 2019
- San Diego’s 5 Peak Challenge Mission Trails Regional Park June 9, 2019
- Number One Attraction in San Diego, CA: Balboa Park June 5, 2019
- Your Guide to Exploring San Diego, California June 2, 2019
- Experience Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico May 29, 2019
- Walk the Haiku Path at Santa Fe Community College May 26, 2019
- Drink the Elixir at Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe, NM May 22, 2019
- Hike the Tree Spring Trail in Sandia Mountains, NM May 18, 2019
- Tinkertown Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 15, 2019
- World’s Largest Rattlesnake in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 12, 2019
- Museums of University of New Mexico in Albuquerque May 5, 2019
- Exploring Petroglyph National Monument Albuquerque, NM May 1, 2019
Category Archives: Connecticut
Wild Bill’s Nostalgia, Connecticut
It’s anything but just a store. Wild Bill’s Nostalgia [1003 Newfield St Middletown, Connecticut, 06457] sells collectables that will make you smile, reminiscing from your childhood. Retro toys, books, records, posters, you’ll find it all and much more. There is … Continue reading
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Talcott Mountain State Park, Connecticut
I saw it from the road, an elegant tower whose prominence is 1,000’ high. To get there head into Talcott Mountain State Park [560 Simsbury Rd Bloomfield, CT 06002], where the trail begins. Heublein Tower was built in 1914 by … Continue reading
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Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, Connecticut
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge is the only sanctuary of its kind in the state of Connecticut. Parceled out into ten units along the Atlantic Flyway birds can rest, feed, and nest along the coastline – most notably the … Continue reading
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Gillette Castle State Park, Connecticut
A magical medieval like castle sits in a picture perfect forest – like something out of a fairytale. Gillette Castle State Park [67 River Rd, East Haddam, CT 06423] is such a matchless place, it should be on everyone’s Connecticut … Continue reading
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Elizabeth Park in Hartford, Connecticut
Take time to smell the roses. In 1904, the first rose garden in the United States was open for the pure pleasure of the public in the state of Connecticut. Elizabeth Park [Prospect Ave. Hartford, CT 06106] has 15,000 rose … Continue reading
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Sleeping Giant State Park, Connecticut
The profile of a slumbering giant rests across the way from Quinnipiac University, climb atop it if you dare! The tower trail within Sleeping Giant State Park [200 Mount Carmel Avenue Hamden, CT 06518] is short enough to all skill … Continue reading
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Visiting the PEZ Visitor Center in Connecticut
PEZ peppermints are as fun to play with and collect as they are to eat. Remember the novelty of them from childhood, but appreciate the history of them today at the PEZ Visitor Center [35 Prindle Hill Rd, Orange, CT … Continue reading
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Rand’s View Hike, Connecticut Hike
There are so many little slices of adventure where the Appalachian Trail cuts through Northwest Connecticut. Last spring I checked out Rand’s View [Parking lot on Housatonic River Road just past intersection with Sugar Hill Road, Falls Village CT] which … Continue reading
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Lions Head Hike, Salisbury CT
If you’re looking for a roaring good time, it’s just over the border of Massachusetts’s Berkshires region into northwestern Connecticut. Lions Head Hike [84 Bunker Hill Road Salisbury, CT] is a perfect little hike full of excitement and ever changing … Continue reading
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Kent Falls State Park, Connecticut
If I can make it a three state day, count me in. From New York, through Massachusetts, into the Southern Berkshires that reaches to Connecticut…it sounds a lot more intense that it actually is – but Kent Falls State Park … Continue reading
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